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Weirdo Comics

Weirdo was a magazine-sized comics anthology created by Robert Crumb and published by Last Gasp from 1981 to 1993 . Featuring cartoonists both new and old, Weirdo served as a "low art" counterpoint [1] to its contemporary highbrow Raw , co-edited by Art Spiegelman . [2] Crumb contributed cover art and comics to every issue of Weirdo ; [3] his wife, cartoonist Aline Kominsky-Crumb , also had work in almost every issue. Crumb focused increasingly on autobiography in his stories in Weirdo . Many other autobiographical shorts would appear in Weirdo by other artists, including Kominsky-Crumb, Carol Tyler , Phoebe Gloeckner , and Dori Seda . David Collier , a Canadian ex-soldier, published autobiographical and historical comics in Weirdo . The anthology introduced artists such as Peter Bagge , Dori Seda , Dennis Worden , and Carol Tyler. With issue #10, Crumb handed over the editing reins to Bagge; with issue #18, the reins went to Kominsky-Crumb (except for issue #25, which was again edited by Bagge). The three editorial tenures were known respectively as "Personal Confessions", the "Coming of the Bad Boys", and "Twisted Sisters". [4] Overall, the magazine had a mixed response from audi

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